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Authentic Children‟s Literature
The literature on early childhood language instruction supports the use of 
children‘s literature for child language development and learning. Using a story-
based approach in foreign language instruction for young learners is advantageous 
in that it develops the young learner's communicative, cognitive and social skills 
while taking into account young learners‘ interests and affective needs. 
Ghosn (2002) lays out four good reasons for using authentic literature with 
young learners: 
a. Stories provide motivating, meaningful context for language learning since 
children are naturally drawn to stories. 
• Stories deal with universal themes of literature: Children everywhere can 
identify with fear, courage, hope, love, belonging and the need to achieve. Children 
have a constant need for stories and are always willing to listen to them. Stories are 
motivating, engaging and capture the imagination 
• Children want to find meaning in a story and are motivated to develop 
comprehension skills such as predicting, searching for meaning and guessing in 
context. (Andrew Wright, 2002). 
• Literature can promote development of understanding of self and the world.
b. Stories can contribute to language learning. 
• Stories provide a rich source of contextualized language for language 
enrichment and vocabulary acquisition and reinforcement. 
• Stories support oral language development by providing an authentic 
context for verbal interaction; dialogue, discussion and role-play. They encourage 
natural communication through listening and responding to questions through 
exchange of ideas and natural expression of likes and dislikes (Wright, 1995, 2002). 
c. Literature can promote literacy and thinking skills 
• Literature develops higher order thinking skills through question and 
answer interactions, personal responses and reflection 
• Literature familiarizes pupils with the storybook genre, which facilitates the 
acquisition of reading and comprehension. 
d. Literature can function as a change agent: 
• Good literature deals with aspects for the human condition and thus can 
contribute to the emotional development of the child and foster positive 
interpersonal and intercultural attitudes.